Improved oabpet-lining



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Letters Patent No. 65,814, dated June 18, 1861 Y IMPROVED CARPET-Limite.

TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY COiNCERN:

Be it known that I, MOSES A. JOHNSON, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improvement in CarpetfLining; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,f"and exactdescriptiou of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a. portion of the fabric, sufficient to fully understand its mode of manufacture.

My invention consists in an article of manufacture as a lining for carpets, orffor, as it is sometimes termed,

.a pad or sub-carpet, composed of felted hair or other material, and strengthened by strips of paper, or similar fibrous or textile fabric, to give it strength, and a free escape for the dust and dirt to pass through to the floor. To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the saine, with reference to the drawings.

A represents a bat of felted hair, or ot' which felted hair is the principal ingredient. This bat may be of any suitable width and'length and thickness, and may be made moth-proof. Upon one or both sides of this hat A I paste cement, or sew strips B of paper, or other fibrous or textile material, to'give additional strength i and body to the fabric, and for the further purpose of allowing the dirt and dust to passthrough the hat on to the floor.

I prefer to use felled hair for ythe pad, as being cheap and durable, and readily made moth-proof, but may mix with it other material used for the purposes of carpet-pads, or use such other material without the hair, such as wool, cotton, or similar fibrous material.

Havingr thus fully described my new article of manufacture, I would state that I am aware that a felted hair bat or pad is not new, and further, that it is not new to cover such a but er pad on one or both ofits sides with paper, and these`1 lay no claim to; but what l do claim as a new article ot' manufacture, is a felted hairbat, or its equivalent, covered with strips of paper on one or both of its sides, and lea-ving intervening uncovered spaces between the strips for the dust to pass through, as herein described and represented.

MOSES A. JOHNSON.

Witnesses 'EUGENE S, Muzznr, Jnnonn J. BARKER. 

